PUBLISHED ON November 25, 2017I recently made the mistake of purchasing a used book online, not realizing that it had a previous owner’s comments scrawled inside. Although I, like probably everyone who still has a quaint attachment to paper, have seen this before, I was struck by these comments in particular.Though short — mostly only

There was an ancient French trade guild (or collective of various guilds) called the Commpagnonage (Companions). According to their myths, a master or maitre Jacques was murdered, either by the disciples of a former employee, Pere Sorbouse, or by Jacques’ own workers — convinced to commit the act by the workers of Sorbouse. The murderers

“Heretics are the new leaders,” says author and entrepreneur Seth Godin. We need to think and act against the grain, drawing a tribe around us or around our new idea, and push forward to overturn the status quo. If Godin’s view is limited it is because, being concerned more with social and commercial movements than

In re: Erik Levi. Mozart and the Nazis: How the Third Reich Abused a Cultural Icon New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. By Peter Paul Fuchs “Macht gute miene, zum boesen spiel.” -- old German aside Mozart’s fate after death is surely an odd one, if one takes political history and not just musical accomplishment

Dear Brethren and Friends of Masonic Arts, please enjoy the beautiful spiritual writings, which were writen by Honorable Brother Leon Zeldis and recommended to us by our Ambassador to Japan Honorable Brother Janus Cegledy. ACTING If all the world’s a stage, where the hell is my prompter ? ACTION (see also REACTION) Waiting for the

Leon Zeldis, FPS, 33° PSGC, Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite for the State of Israel Honorary Adjunct Grand Master The first National Grand Lodge in Israel was constituted on 1933, even before the creation of the State, and brought together all the Lodges that had been working under Egyptian or French jurisdictions. The English-speaking

Dear Friends of Masonic Arts, Please check the latest updates of the relevant pages on Freimaurer - Wiki, made by Our Honorable RW Brother Christopher Sicurella, who is a member of the Editorial Board and Contributing Author. THE AMA WHO IS WHO http://freimaurer-wiki.de/index.php/En:_The_AMA_Who_is_Who ENGLISH http://freimaurer-wiki.de/index.php/En:_Association_of_Masonic_Arts GERMAN http://freimaurer-wiki.de/index.php/Association_of_Masonic_Arts PORTUGESE http://freimaurer-wiki.de/index.php/Association_of_Masonic_Arts FERENC SEBOK http://freimaurer-wiki.de/index.php/Ferenc_Sebok

By Christopher Sicurella Prologue I would like to quote two passages from the Philosopher Slavoj Žižek’s book “Trouble in Paradise” (first published by Allan Lane in 2014): “The public space of the ‘world civil society’ designates the paradox of universal singularity, of a singular subject who, in a kind of short-circuit, bypasses the mediation of

by MW Thomas W. Jackson My brothers, it is a great honor and distinct privilege to be with you today and to address the subject "The Challenges of Masonry in the 21st Century". Indeed, since the beginning of this century the challenges of Masonry have been a major topic of discussion by Masonic